Two New Experimental Drugs Show Promising Results in Treating COVID-19 Patients Researchers in Australia and the U.S. have developed drugs to cure blood clots and halting the replication of the virus in COVID-19 patients Jun 12, 2020By Krishnendu Banerjee Coronavirus
First Double Lung Transplant on COVID-19 Patient Reveals Extent of 'Irreversible' Lung Damage The COVID-19 patient in her 20s had to undergo the lung transplant after the virus had damaged her lungs beyond repair. Jun 12, 2020By Manthan C. Coronavirus
Hackers Target Singapore's Tracetogether with Fake Apps; Find Out How to Safeguard Your Device SingCert issues warning to smartphone users after cybersecurity agency Anomali published the study Jun 12, 2020By Krishnendu Banerjee Cybersecurity Ransomware
Indian Male Who Died of Heart Disease in Singapore Tests Positive for Coronavirus Posthumously The 44-year-old Indian migrant worker was found unconscious at his residence on June 8 and pronounced dead the same day. Jun 12, 2020By Krishnendu Banerjee Coronavirus
Vaccine Race Heats Up: Moderna to Begin Final-Stage Clinical Trial in July Moderna, which is working with the National Institutes of Health, was the first company to get approval for a human phase trial. Jun 12, 2020By R. Ghosh Coronavirus
Human Trials Begin In US for First Antibody Cocktail That Might Treat Coronavirus Regeneron is testing a COVID-19 antibody cocktail across US, could be available by fall, if successful Jun 11, 2020By Vinay B.S. Coronavirus
The Pandemic is Over Only For the Dead: Experts Explain Why a Deadlier Wave is Waiting Ending lockdown restrictions in many parts of the world is not a sign that the pandemic is over. The 'quarantine fatigue' can cause a second wave. Jun 11, 2020By Vinay B.S. Coronavirus
South Korean Doctors Find Risk Factors For Severe COVID-19 Cases Certain underlying conditions make Coronavirus patients more severely affected by the disease, South Korean doctors say. Jun 11, 2020By Reuters Coronavirus
NYC Health Department Issues New Guidelines for Safe Sex, to Start Free Home Delivery of Condoms Although the guidelines suggest that people stay at home as much as possible, they say that people 'will and should have sex' Jun 10, 2020By R. Ghosh Coronavirus
What's Happening in Russia? 3 More Coronavirus Patients Kill Themselves, Taking the Tally to 7 Just like previous suicide cases, three more COVID-19 patients in Russian hospitals jumped from the window and died Jun 10, 2020By Bhaswati Guha Majumder Coronavirus
Singapore Company to Begin Human Trial for Possible COVID-19 Treatment The biotech company Tychan will begin Phase 1 of the antibody treatment trial next week with 23 volunteers Jun 10, 2020By Krishnendu Banerjee Coronavirus
China Says Harvard Study on Coronavirus Ridiculous; Scientists Not Convinced Either Harvard's research team used satellite images to study traffic around Wuhan's hospital and analyzed internet search data Jun 10, 2020By Krishnendu Banerjee Coronavirus
COVID-19 Vaccine May Still Take 12-18 Months to Come: Report Scientists predict a safe and effective vaccine against Coronavirus could take at least 12-18 months to develop, according to a new report Jun 10, 2020By IANS Coronavirus
Coronavirus Pandemic: Singapore Ranks 4th Safest, Switzerland Tops, Japan 5th The study which ranked countries based on 130 parameters and 11,400 data points found Singapore to be the best in detection Jun 10, 2020By Krishnendu Banerjee
Can Gilead's Remdesivir Fight Coronavirus? Study Shows it Reduced Lung Damage in Monkeys Invented more than a decade ago and originally used to treat Ebola, the antiviral drug is the first treatment to show efficacy against the coronavirus. Jun 10, 2020By R. Ghosh Coronavirus